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Fifth Symphony
I was hiking in a local state park called Balboa Park in San Diego, California and I had just finished hiking one of the easier trails and was making my way off the trail when I came across a bunch trash and scattered records on a bridge that leads from one set of hiking trails to more advanced and deeper hiking trails, and amongst the records was Beethoven's Symphony No. 5. Being that I'm a huge Beethoven fan I felt like I had to capture this image, I thought how lucky am I to have come across such an amazing image. My initial thought was why would someone break a Beethoven record and leave it here like that. I’ve always loved classical music and have been lucky enough to attend a number of orchestral performances so my inspiration for capturing this image was partly inspired by wanting to capture a great scene and because I love classical music and this cover was lain across as if it were waiting to be photographed. When I take a photograph, I try to find things that you wouldn’t come across every day or that people would ordinarily miss.
By Eric Jenkins 6 years ago in Photography
A Moment in Time
Today, I woke up and I immediately jumped out of bed and ran into my day headfirst. I did not stop to think or breathe or anything, I knew where I needed to go and there was no time to waste. And that is how most of my days are now, a constant state of GO-GO-GO. But there was a day not so long ago when I got to flip this routine on its head. And this photo is the most beautiful reminder of that time.
By Salma Abdussalam6 years ago in Photography
resilience
I adore this photo. Editing was simple because it was a perfect day; I simply adjusted the angle and brightened the whole thing because I love light. I’m a fan of centered photos often, but I adored have the subject at the center as the path in the woods and the girl being off to the side. Sometimes, most often, life is lopsided and not perfect so I like that to show through in photography too. When pictures are too symmetrical they just don’t speak to my heart.
By H.6 years ago in Photography
There's a First Time For Everything
It was the first time I was going to be attending a concert as a concert photographer. I had a great camera, a nice big SD card for the camera, my phone (thank goodness!) as backup, and my media pass stuck to my sleeve. The only issue was that I had to buy new batteries for the camera. And a charger, because it takes a specific type of battery. Okay. Not a big deal. Hit Best Buy, hit up Amazon, got four new batteries and two chargers. That should do it. I'll just charge them for a little while before we leave for the concert.
By Gayla Ber6 years ago in Photography
Humans Are Like Typewriters
It’s true when most people say “words cut deep.” Words do cut deep, even when someone doesn’t mean to it accidentally slips. There is so much meaning behind this picture. For starters I wish I can own a type writer. More than anything I wish I can live in the times when technology wasn’t known. Back to the image, a typewriter is nothing like a laptop or iPhone that you can just press the backspace button. You would need to start all over because if you don’t then that word that you didn’t mean to say or just screw up on would be there. That’s why when typing in a typewriter you have to be very cautious, taking your time is important. These days people don’t write letters to people as much as they did decades ago, they would even get a pigeon to send a letter to someone. I myslef still write letters to important people in my life by hand. I believe a hand written letter is everything to someone, if someone would write me a letter by hand I would be smiling so much my cheeks would start to ache. Once I laid eyes on this typewriter at the Last Book Store, I knew this was the subject I wanted to capture. I myslef love to write! Writing how I feel, about my day, or anything random makes me feel so good about myself because I can be me without anyone having to judge me. I’m my own author and I’m in charge of what I want to say at that moment. I used my iPhone XR, no flash needed. The lighting was perfect, the picture came out exactly how I wanted it to come out. Not too bright or too dull, gave it a vintage look. A look that touched my whole soul. The typewriter reminds me of my own self and what I want to become. Someone who can tell endless stories, stories that would touch others in a way that makes them cry of happiness or laugh until they pee themselves. When it comes to pictures I don’t like to use any filters or even edit the picture in any way. Why? Well because it takes away its original form. I wanted my object to be itself not a thing that it is not. The more real it is the better it is. For example you are on a dating app and you match with an Angel. They are perfect, white pearly teeth, curly hair, and very tall. According to the picture of course. Then when you meet them in person you are disappointed. Bummer right? It would be terrific if a dating app or any social media app wouldn’t allow you to post a picture with a filter on because like that you won’t be fooling anyone. People should feel happy the way they look. This typewriter doesn’t decide on its own how to appear to others or pleased itself. A human designed it and choosed it’s colors, size, length, and it’s weight. Through this picture you see more than a typewriter. I see the whole picture, it’s colors, pages, and words. This typewriter had a life. A life that was taken away, now it lives on a corner for people to see not to just pass through it but to noticed it. That writing is a beautiful thing, you don’t know when would be your last days when words are taken away from your mouth. Paper is what we have still. We should all use it to write amazing things. If not then your voice won’t be heard. I want my voice to be heard, the tone I used that’ll get people wanting more of future books I am capable of writing. More than anything being real is important just like this picture of a typewriter, used as a display.
By Yesenia 6 years ago in Photography
The Bellwether Curtains. Second Place in Mobile Moments Challenge.
I shot this strange photo on my iPhone 6plus while on a weekend getaway in Bellingham, WA in January. My partner and I had booked a room at the Hotel Bellwether, looking to de-stress for a few days, and to explore a new city. We got the key to our room, and when I walked in, the first thing that immediately caught my eye were the floral curtains across the room. That's a lie. The first thing that caught my eye was the complimentary chocolate on the bed, and then the curtains. They caught my eye because of the pattern on them; the kind of pattern that you aren't sure if you hate because it looks like your grandmother puked all over it, or if you love it because it's so ugly. I decided that yes, the curtains were ugly, and I loved them. The peachy/pink tones in the fabric matched the retro orange color of the armchair in the corner of the room. Seeing the two pieces together got my creative wheels turning, and I wished I had brought my digital camera to take pictures with.
By Georgianna Nielson6 years ago in Photography
Trees I Have Loved
Even though it is difficult to choose from so many of my photograhs, I decided to go with one that is dear to my heart. There are other ones of my photos that perhaps are more impressive, with dazzling sunsets or more exciting subjects of nightlife and bright lights of the city but I decided on entering this photo, that in some ways is rather simple.
By Linda Mia Stall6 years ago in Photography
Phone cameras VS DSLR's?
Hello all! Welcome back! This week we'll be looking at phone photography and DSLR photography for Vocal's "Mobile Moments". I think that the path I'll be taking with writing this is a little different to what Vocal and Moment intended, but it wouldn't be my writing if I didn't do it slightly different. So what is the competition? Vocal would like us to take an image with our phones, share our creative process to the finest detail we can; from concept to product.
By Justin Clark6 years ago in Photography
On Top of the World
This picture was taken whilst hiking on a mountain fool of rocks. It was the highest hike I had ever been to and the view was entirely worth it . It took hours for me and a group of my friends to get to the top of the elevation whilst taking various of shots I finally got the picture. The picture seemed to imitate a still image of my ambitions, the high peaks and boulders , resembling my aspirations and goals . I love this picture as it wasn’t planned, and it shows a true combination of artificial art and nature ; the city ; the sky and the sea. Almost like bringing the four elements together. A part of the picture that may not be noticeable that stood out to me was the little bush next to the rock. It gave the picture a settling , comfortable and unblemished feeling. We tend to forget nature when we live in the city and once in a while a hike can really remind us of our beautiful natural atmosphere and surroundings. I took this picture with my phone and didn’t apply any artificial format or setting to the original phone setting that it came with.
By Ahakim Yussif6 years ago in Photography
Re-frame for Happiness
Bare with me, I will get to the point I promise. The anticipation of photographing a powerful and mutant wave. His spirit wave he calls it. The energy it gives, the form it takes, the way it literally looks like it can chew you up and spit you out no matter how strong a swimmer or surfer you may be. It has a name this wave, The Bull. From the first time he saw it, he knew we’d be coming back. His gut told him this is where he is meant to be. This is where he will be happy. This would be “THE” wave. His wave. Some may say it sounds silly to claim a wave, it can’t be done. But you should see how he’s captured it. It’s perfectly his.
By Bridie 6 years ago in Photography
Bright Fames of a Tempe
Choosing just one picture was a very hard choice as I have an emotional attachment to most of my pictures. However, I decided to choose the picture that I was motivated to take the most. The picture that required constant effort and required a lot of editing . But all of my efforts were not done in vain as I ended up loving the picturesque of the final picture. I chose a photo that I hope will allow people to experience the magic I felt when looking at the aesthetics of the temple when I shoot the picture.
By gijk6 years ago in Photography
Tree and sky
The inspiration behind this photo was how old this tree has been here and all the things I’ve done with it. For starters I took some of my first pictures here and thought it would be a great spot to take this one. The other inspiration behind this photo is how long that tree has been here and how often we use it for photography’s which is almost never. I am new to photography and so is this tree pretty much, so I thought it would be perfect to combine the two thing into one photo. It was not very hard to take the photo. However it did take a little bit of effort to climb the tree and walk around in the tree to find the perfect spot for this photo. It was not the first photo taken or the first one taken in the tree. There were mutiple other spots that produced photos that might have even looked better than this. However in the end this in seemed the most interesting to me and I decided to go with it. It wasn’t just interesting because of the location but also because enough can’t see anything like that in other places if the tree besides where it was taken. I looked around the tree multiple times but looking at this was just different from any other places on the tree. Another thing I personally like is how you can almost see the depth and texture of the bark it didn’t look like some scratches on the tree. Also on a more personal note. This tree has lots of meaning to me. It’s been here since the day I was born and has been here since we have lived at this house. So I have spent a lot of time looking at it and spent a lot of time in it. This photo was just a new way to look at it. It was a way I haven’t looked at it before also. The photo itself is how it looked right out of camera. Although there were a couple times it looked a little better if you edited it there wasn’t many things in my opinion that made it look better. Also editing it would have gotten rid of the rawness that I like in photos like this one. I also liked the fact that although there maybe a technic like the one I use there will never be a photo exactly like it. I also like the fact that the branches almost look like a maze. Something I really like to try and do. Also the way the the bigger branch’s are almost opening up to the camera look really cool to me and was another reason why I liked this photo. Also the fact that it was different from anything I have ever seen so all though there might be some like this the other photos I have taken are like tons of other photos. Like one if the ones were you have a branch or a tree or object with the sun on the side shining in. This photo was just not like anything I have ever done or seen before. Also when doing this photo I loved taking it with my phone not only because it’s different but because I put it in places we’re a camera can’t fit and places I would be willing to put it. Also using this made it a lot safer for me and a lot easier to be climbing a tree because I did not need to change a lense to get the shot and I didn’t need to change my iso and didn’t need to focus because the camera did it all for me which was something very cool a different then taking a photo on a mirror less or dslr camera or even taken pictures with film.
By MrDiamond 1026 years ago in Photography
